women's suffrage
Votes for her
Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in political elections.
The term typically refers to the movement that secured this right, which succeeded in most Western democracies during the late 19th and early 20th centuries: The 19th Amendment granted women's suffrage in the United States in 1920.
A suffragist advocated for the cause; a suffragette was a more militant activist, particularly in Britain.
Historic New York reform gathering
- Sojourner TruthAbolitionist and suffragist orator
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
- 1920Post-WWI year
- 1918World War's closing year
Granting citizenship rights
- liberationRelease from constraint
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
self-determination · independence · equality · agency · citizenship · personhood · dignity · recognition
Actively pursuing political support
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
picketing · petition · rally · march · civil disobedience · grassroots · coalition · leafletting
Voting document
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- polling stationElection day venue
- electorateEligible voting body
- registrationFormal recording of participation
voting booth · polling place · electoral roll · first vote · voter turnout · precinct · absentee ballot · election day
Equal treatment across sexes
- equal rightsIdentical legal protections
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
- egalitarianismPhilosophy of universal equality
inclusivity · justice · non-discrimination · representation · political equality · legal equality · social equality · democratization
Seneca Falls
Historic New York reform gathering
- Sojourner TruthAbolitionist and suffragist orator
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
- 1920Post-WWI year
Elizabeth Cady Stanton · Susan B. Anthony · Ida B. Wells · 1918
enfranchisement
Granting citizenship rights
- liberationRelease from constraint
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- freedomAbsence of constraint
autonomy · self-determination · independence · equality · agency · citizenship · personhood · dignity · recognition · advancement
campaigning
Actively pursuing political support
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
demonstration · picketing · petition · rally · march · civil disobedience · grassroots · coalition · leafletting · hunger strike
ballot
Voting document
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- polling stationElection day venue
- electorateEligible voting body
registration · voting booth · polling place · electoral roll · first vote · voter turnout · precinct · absentee ballot · election day · civic participation
gender parity
Equal treatment across sexes
- equal rightsIdentical legal protections
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
egalitarianism · inclusivity · justice · non-discrimination · representation · political equality · legal equality · social equality · democratization
- US HistoryAmerican Revolution, US history, Civil War, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln
- Australian HistoryCaptain Cook, Commonwealth, federation, explorers, Liberal Party
- Wilson EraWoodrow Wilson, League of Nations, Treaty of Versailles, Clayton Act, Paris Peace Conference
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- SwedenStockholm, Gothenburg, Malmo, Uppsala, Scania
- women's historyherstory, heroines, Susan B. Anthony, female pioneers, Gloria Steinem
women, womanly, womanhood, suffrage, womanizer, enfranchise, women's rights, womanize, womenfolk